Scope
The Infrastructure Committee will be a standing committee of Council and these Terms of Reference will provide guidance for the matters that are to be referred to and considered by the Committee.
Aim
To consider matters relating to the Infrastructure needs and operations of Council and make recommendations to Council on an ongoing basis.
Role
The Committee's role is to provide ongoing leadership and deal with particular aspects of the Council's Infrastructure business, giving detailed deliberation to these matters, before making recommendations to Council.
Responsibilities
The Committee's responsibilities include:
Construction and Maintenance
- Roads - capital & operational
- Drainage - capital & operational
- Flood Mitigation
- Footpaths
- Bikeways
- Quarries
- Private works including Department of Transport and Main Roads
Project Management
- Project management through project business case, initiation, planning, execution and finalisation
- Roads (capital)
- Drainage (capital)
- Footpaths and Bikeways - (capital)
- Building and community works (capital)
- Waste Services (capital)
- Project Management Office - operational
Fleet and Logistics
- Fleet operations, capital & management
- Equipment operations, capital & management
- Mechanical maintenance management including servicing, repairs & fabrication services
- Fleet asset management
- Fleet logistics operations
Transport and Drainage
- Transport and drainage infrastructure planning
- Strategic asset management
- Design and survey
- Transport and drainage operations
- Infrastructure technology
- Parking capital & operations
- Traffic lights - capital & operations
- Street lighting
- Aerodrome - capital & operations
- Flood mitigation and warning systems - capital & operations
- Road corridor operations
Membership
Membership of the Committee is to include all Councillors.
Quorum
A quorum of the Committee is a majority of its members (i.e. 6).
Meeting frequency
Unless otherwise determined, the Committee will meet on the second Tuesday of each month immediately following the Water and Waste Committee meeting, in the Council Chambers, First Floor, 541 Ruthven Street, Toowoomba.
Reporting requirements
The Committee is required to keep minutes of its meetings pursuant to section 254F of Local Government Regulation 2012.
Review of terms of reference
These terms of reference are to be reviewed from time to time, as necessary.